Baseball

As most already know, Soren has begged all year to play baseball. (Well, at his age its Tball-but we still call it baseball). On our way to his first practice he says "Mom, is baseball exercise?" I wasn't quite sure how to answer this. (There's alot of standing around!) He got a vague "sort of" and was satisfied. Regardless if he is improving his overall health or not playing the sport, he is loving it! Had a big smile on his face the whole first practice. At his first game he came running into home smiling and waving at us!

New Toy

We are now proud owners of a trampoline (something Niles said we'd never do)! The kids LOVE it!!! My "cool mom" status has been growing exponentially with every trampoline trick I pull out for them. I'm very pleased with the purchase, I've reached new superstar trampoline status and they spend every free minute jumping on the new toy.

Words

As of Late, London has entertained us with her "words". The comments coming out of this 4 year old are pretty funny....at least to her parents. Maybe, you too might have a little laugh.

scene 1: hiking over the weekend. We were hiking into an area that was pretty wooded. As we start walking through, we hear Lovey say "We are now entering into the belly of the beast!" What?!

scene 2: Telling on Soren and his friend Cooper. "Mommy, the boys are being mean....they are listening to SATAN!" This was my personal favorite.

Scene 3: Playing a game of washuus. She made maybe 2 shots out of 16. None the less, I was excited for her. She leans over, shrugs her shoulders like "No big deal" and says "yeah, I"m a bit of a natural," then saunters off.

I am dismayed that there will be a time when I won't remember all the small moments and "quotes" of my children's childhood. I hope they continue to remain confident and speak their mind as they do now. It would be a shame to miss out on all that goes on in those cute heads.

Memorial Weekend Camp out

"Really, be honest,.... have you ever gone to the bathroom...outside?" This is the question asked by Niles on our way to our "maiden voyage" camp-out with the twins. A "yes" from me and then a quick "I don't believe you", followed with a chuckle from Niles. This is how our trip began. Luckily for me, I have many other qualities that Niles admires that over shadow my ineptness at camping. ( ei: Target shooting, Niles 15-20, Brecken 20-20.) I won't pee outside, but I could kill dinner if needed.

Minus the cold and rain it was a fabulously fun weekend! We road 4 wheelers, hiked, played baseball, shot guns, ate smores and brought home tired, happy kids.

The view from our campsite. beautiful.

Soren ("the expert") giving London (novis) pointers.

family hike

ride on the razor.....so fun.

Hmmmm....smores.

first night in the tent...not so comfy.

dinner with the cousins.

4 wheeling with dad.

I just thought this picture was cute.

Field trip!

At the end of the year Miss Kim goes on a field trip to the zoo with all her preschoolers. It was literally a zoo with all the kids! Fortunately, we managed not to loose our minds....or our children on the excursion! As always, we had a great time. It has made me a little sad starting all the end of the year activities knowing they are going to kindergarten next fall. Where the time has gone, I'm not sure. At the very least, it reminds me to treasure all these fun little moments we get to have together.

The twins and Miss Kim.

Safety First

This is what I found when I turned around to check on the kiddos the other day in the car. I couldn't stop laughing. Soren sort of smirked when he caught me looking at him and said "I just wanted to make sure horsey was safe." Cute kid. I guess he is turning into "MR SAFETY" like his dad.

Women's Conference

Every year I go on a girls trip with some of my best friends from a ward I was in 6 years ago. We go someplace different each year and this year Women's Conference at BYU was nominated as "THE" place....PROVO...really?? I was really pulling for the beach somewhere....I lost. We went to Provo and I couldn't be happier. It was great!!! We had a wonderful time going to classes and discussing all the things we were learning. It was definitely an experience I wouldn't mind repeating every year. Thanks girls for such a memorable trip!! I love you all!



All of us outside the Marriot Center.

Dinner at The DoDo. One of my favorite spots in SLC.

Oops! No Diet Coke on Campus?! Mindy with our recovery coke.

A group of us in class.

Yvette and Mindy chowing on our staples... "Nothing Bundt cake" and Diet Coke.

Me and Tosha at the movie...that we walked out on!!! Matthew McConaghey, what a dissapointment.

The rest of the girls that lost there $1o bucks.

Lunch with Twink, Chance and baby Kirra...what a cutie she is.

Yvette's second birthday fiesta!

The J Dawg...thank you Erin for making me eat one....it was a revelation.